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April 03, 2023 Meeting Jesus at the Table, Part 6 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // April 2, 2023
Jesus invites us into an experience of his life, death, and resurrection, and calls us to remembrance through the bread and the cup.

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Reflection Questions:
1. How do you identify with Judas in this story? How about with Mary?

2. How will you spend your time spiritually preparing for Easter this week?

3. What stories at the table have you found most meaningful this Lenten series?
14 min
March 27, 2023 Meeting Jesus at the Table, Part 5 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 26, 2023
We are prone to making too many excuses for not making or following through on our commitment to Jesus. God calls us to give our all, and our very best.
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Reflection Questions:
1. Have you ever hosted an event where fewer people showed up than you hoped? How did that make you feel?
2. Which of the characters in the parable do you most identify with?
3. Who is someone you know that you can encourage this week? What will you do to encourage them?
13 min
March 20, 2023 Meeting Jesus at the Table, Part 4 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 19, 2023
The table of God is expansive and inclusive, and we are called to invite all people to experience God’s grace and love.

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Reflection Questions:

1. What manners did you learn as a child at the dinner table? How do those lessons apply to relating to people today?

2. What do you think is the fine line between hostility and hospitality? When is the line blurry between the two?

3. How will you work to extend the hospitality of God’s love to people who feel excluded?
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March 13, 2023 Meeting Jesus at the Table, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 12, 2023
We are called to offer our fullest commitment to Jesus, regardless of the cultural pressures that would beckon otherwise.

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Reflection Questions:
1. How do you normally greet someone whom you have invited to your home for dinner?

2. In what ways is your spiritual life “perfunctory”?

3. How will you make repentance and confession a more regular part of your spiritual practices?
14 min
March 06, 2023 Meeting Jesus at the Table, Part 2 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 5, 2023
Jesus calls us to love the ones whom society has deemed unredeemable and unworthy.

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Reflection Questions:
1. When did you attend a dinner party and encounter interesting people you weren’t expecting to meet?

2. How is a dinner table a good metaphor for God’s love and generosity?

3. What will you do to help welcome new people and make room for their place at God’s table?

18 min
February 27, 2023 Meeting Jesus at the Table, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // February 26, 2023
The grace of Jesus Christ is enough to satisfy our deepest hunger, even as we are called to meet the needs of physically hungry people in the world.

Reflection Questions:
1. What are your favorite memories involving meal or a table?

2. When have you had an experience of physical, emotional, or spiritual scarcity?

3. How will you participate in a miracle of abundance for the sake of someone else? What do you need to turn over to Jesus?
15 min
February 23, 2023 Ash Wednesday Message // The Rev. Magrey deVega // February 22, 2023
Despite the original goodness of God’s creation, human sin has corrupted the world. Our mortality is a reminder of our utter dependence on God.
9 min
February 20, 2023 The Seven, Part 7 // The Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans // February 19, 2023
God models for us the principle of rest and renewal. Creation is incomplete if it does not allow for rebirth and rejuvenation. We should pattern our lives in the same way.

Reflection Questions:
1. What is your preferred way to enjoy Sabbath rest?
2. What makes it hard to carve out time for practicing Sabbath in your life?
3. What would help you be more faithful in your Sabbath practices?
24 min
February 13, 2023 The Seven, Part 6 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // February 12, 2023
We are made in God’s image, which means we are meant to be in connection and relationship with God and one another. We are therefore called to acts of reconciliation and love.

Reflection Questions:
1. How do you witness human beings’ capacity for goodness? For evil?
2. Where do you need to experience the grace of God in your life?
3. To whom or where can you extend grace this week?
14 min
February 06, 2023 The Seven, Part 5 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // February 5, 2023
One of the first commands that God gave to humans was to take dominion of the animals. But what does that mean exactly? St. Francis of Assisi modeled for us a care and concern for all life, especially animals. We should live at peace with all creatures.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
1. What are your favorite memories involving a pet or other animals?

2. What do you think it means for humans to have “dominion” over animals?

3. How will you work to help animals fulfill their potential to add more richness and beauty to the world?
13 min